Re: Agilent now dumping its U.S. employees -- I'm going to boycott them

From: Dennis Clark (dlc_at_io.frii.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: 22 Jun 2004 15:55:47 GMT

engr <engr@none.com> wrote:
: A recent article in the L.A. Times detailed what they're doing.
: http://www.portside.org/showpost.php?postid=219
: In PDF format:
: http://www.cwalocal4250.org/outsourcing/binarydata/Outsourcing%20Ax.pdf

: I thought Agilent was supposed to be one of the good companies.
: They made a decent product. One I'd be proud to own.
: Now they spit on American tech workers.

  You are overreacting. This piece is an obvious tear jerker of the
worst case. Sure, it sucks to be him, but... The lesson of the day is
"Get over it!"

  We'll all find work in niche areas, at less pay, but hey, what is money?
Welcome to yet another round of changes. It happens all the time.

  The word on the street from Agilent employees is that the company is
still the best one going to work for, even with this kind of thing going
on. IT has been given to India and China, not the core Agilent stuff which
involves making cool instruments. Remember that.

  Before anyone accuses me of insensitivity, let me say this: I worked
for HP for 21 years before becoming a candidate for workforce reduction
program. I too signed the "gag" agreement so I can't talk about it. The
reality of it is that I was tired of my job anyway and now I'm out doing
what I really love to do, embedded hardware and software. I have to learn
to drum up my own business, handle deadlines, quality control and manage
schedules. I don't make half what I used to, but that can change and at
the end of the day I love what I do, so there are positive aspects too.

  We make our own fortunes and no one owes us a job. Abraham Lincoln once
said "We are exactly as happy as we want to be." Or something like that.
Go, get drunk, cuss at your clueless bosses and go be your own boss, the
final revenge.

IMO, YMMV, TANSTAAFL,
DLC

: OK. I'm boycotting them. I'm in the market for a bench power
: supply. I looked at B&K, and Agilent.
: http://www.bkprecision.com/www/np_searchmodel7.asp?lf=Single+Output+DC+Power+Supplies
: http://we.home.agilent.com/USeng/nav/-11813.0/pc.html

: Agilent looked like the better product.

: But now, I just can't do it. That could be me. I will not
: help a company that willfully targets and destroys its American
: workers. To take away someone's job and bring in a complete
: foreign mercenary as a replacement is in fact a form of economic
: and physical genocide. Agilent can just go to hell. 

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